Athletics

Welcome to Cardinal Athletics!

The administration of Pope Francis Preparatory School believes that athletics are an extension of the classroom, affording student-athletes opportunities for growth, learning, leadership and excellence. Pope Francis offers a variety of sports in the fall, winter and spring seasons. We encourage students of all abilities to get involved in our athletic programs. Please contact our Athletic Director, John Goda, if you have any questions about our sports teams or if you need additional information.

BASELINE CONCUSSION TESTING INFORMATION

All freshmen, sophomores and juniors are required to complete the new baseline concussion test prior to any athletic participation. Any freshman, sophomore or junior athlete who has not already taken the test this year (for fall sports) MUST complete the test before they can tryout or practice.

PRESEASON DOCUMENTS 
We will no longer be using AT Genius for athletic sign-ups. Please use this link to complete the google form for the required preseason information and documents. Be sure to download, complete and upload the three included preseason documents, and then hit the SUBMIT button at the bottom. The google form and three included preseason documents must be completed by all athletes, every school year, prior to athletic participation. All athletes are required to have a valid physical. Physicals are valid for 13 months. A hard copy of a valid physical should be sent in to the school nurse.

SPRING SPORTS INFORMATION

SOFTBALL:  For more information about the softball team, please contact Coach Tawnya Couture (tzcouture24@gmail.com)

BASEBALL:  For more information about the baseball team, please contact Coach Michael Tranghese (michael.tranghese@gmail.com)

GIRLS SPRING TRACK:  For more information about the girls spring track team, please contact Coach John Goda (jgoda@popefrancisprep.org)

BOYS SPRING TRACK:  For more information about the boys spring track team, please contact coach Angel Rodriguez (angel@ironduck.com)

BOYS TENNIS:  For more information about the boys tennis team, please contact Coach Michael Prevost (michael.prevost5495@gmail.com)

GIRLS TENNIS:  For more information about the girls tennis team, please contact Coach  Allen Dunbar (allendunbar@comcast.net)

BOYS LACROSSE:  For more information about the boys lacrosse team, please contact Coach John Sheehan (jlsheehaniii@gmail.com) and Coach Bob McGoldrick (bobmcgoldrick4@gmail.com)

SPRING SPORTS SCHEDULE

SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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Tuesday 3/25
Varsity Baseball scrimmage @ East Hampton (4 pm) (15 North Maple St, East Hampton CT) Bus departs at 1:50 pm.
Girls Lacrosse scrimmage vs Central (4 pm at Pope Francis)

Thursday 3/27
Softball vs East Longmeadow (4:30 pm)
Boys Tennis vs Turners Falls (4 pm)

Friday 3/28
Baseball Scrimmage @ Winchendon (Varsity only, 4 pm) (172 Ash St, Winchendon) Bus departs at 1:30
JV A/B Baseball Scrimmage (3:30 pm at Pope Francis)
Boys Lacrosse vs West Springfield (5 pm)
Boys Tennis vs PVCA (4 pm)

Saturday 3/29
Girls Lacrosse Scrimmage @ Canton HS (CT) (10 am) (76 Simonds Ave, Canton, CT)  Bus departs at 9 am

Monday 3/31
Baseball vs Chicopee Comp (4 pm) (JV at Nathan Bill)
Girls Tennis vs Northampton (4 pm)
Girls Lacrosse vs Hampshire (4 pm)
Boys Lacrosse vs Agawam (6:15 pm)

Tuesday 4/1
Boys Tennis @ PVCICS (4 pm) (Hampshire College, 893 West St, Amherst) Bus departs at 2:20 pm
JV B Baseball @ Longmeadow (4 pm) (95 Grassy Gutter Lane) Bus departs at 2:45 pm

Wednesday 4/2
Girls Tennis vs Belchertown (4 pm)

Thursday 4/3
Girls Tennis @ Agawam (4 pm) (760 Cooper St) Bus departs at 2:30 pm
Boys Tennis @ Hampden Charter (4 pm) (Jones Point, 60 Oxford St, Holyoke) Bus departs at 2:30 pm
Boys Lacrosse @ Minnechaug (Varsity 5 pm/JV 6:45 pm) (621 Main St, Wilbraham). Bus departs at 3:45 pm
Girls Lacrosse @ Monson (4 pm) (55 Margaret St) Bus departs at 2:30 pm

Friday 4/4
Baseball @ Longmeadow (4 pm)

Saturday 4/5
Varsity Baseball Scrimmage vs Archbishop Stepanic (Doubleheader, 11 am and 2 pm)
JV Baseball vs Eaglebrook (noon, Nathan Bill)
Boys Lacrosse @ Nauset (1 pm) (100 Cable Rd, Eastham) Bus departs at 9 am

Monday 4/7
Softball @ Putnam (4 pm, Blunt Park) (1780 Roosevelt Ave, Springfield). Bus departs at 2:45 pm
Boys Tennis vs Palmer (4 pm)
Boys and Girls Track vs Springfield International Charter (3:30 pm)
Boys Lacrosse vs Westfield (6:30 pm)
Girls Lacrosse @ Pittsfield (4 pm, Taconic HS) (96 Valentine Road, Pittsfield)  Bus departs at 1:50 pm

Tuesday 4/8
Baseball vs Northampton (4 pm, JV at Nathan Bill)
Girls Tennis vs Ludlow (4:45 pm)

Wednesday 4/9
Softball vs Commerce (4 pm)
Girls Tennis vs Minnechaug (4:45 pm)

Thursday 4/10
Baseball @ Minnechaug (4 pm) (621 Main St, Wilbraham)
Girls Lacrosse @ Westfield (Varsity 4 pm/JV 5:30 pm) (177 Montgomery Road) Bus departs at 2:30 pm
Girls Tennis vs West Springfield (4 pm)

Friday 4/11
Baseball vs St John’s Shrewsbury (4 pm, JV at Nathan Bill) 
Softball @ Pathfinder (3:30 pm) (240 Sykes St, Palmer) Bus departs at 2:15 pm
Boys Tennis @ PVCA (4 pm) (965 Plumtree Rd, Springfield) Bus departs at 2:45 pm. ONE WAY DROP
Boys Lacrosse @ East Longmeadow (JV 5 pm/Varsity 7 pm) (180 Maple St) Bus departs at 4 pm ONE WAY DROP
Girls Lacrosse @ Hoosac (4 pm) (125 Savoy Rd, Cheshire) Bus departs at 1:45 pm.

Saturday 4/12
Boys Lacrosse vs Mt Anthony (noon)

Monday 4/14
Baseball vs Chicopee (4 pm, JV at Nathan Bill) 
Girls Tennis vs East Longmeadow (4 pm)
Boys Lacrosse @ Amherst (Varsity 4:30/JV 5:45 pm) (21 Mattoon St) Bus departs at 2:50 pm
Girls Lacrosse vs Amherst (Varsity 4 pm/JV 5:30 pm)

Tuesday 4/15
Softball vs Renaissance (4 pm)
Girls Tennis @ West Springfield (4 pm, Clarke Field, 514 Amostown Rd, West Springfield) Bus departs at 2:30 pm
Boys and Girls Track vs Holyoke (5 pm)
Girls Lacrosse @ Chicopee HS (Varsity 4 pm/JV 5:30 pm) (820 Front St) Bus departs at 2:30 pm

Wednesday 4/16
Baseball @ Belchertown (4 pm) (JV at Jabish Brook MS, 62 North Washington St, Varsity at Belchertown HS, 142 Springfield Road) Bus departs at 2:20 pm

Thursday 4/17
Baseball @ Westfield (4 pm. JV at Westfield HS, 177 Montgomery Road, Varsity at Bullens Field, King St, Westfield)  Bus departs at 2:20 pm
Softball vs Belchertown (4 pm)
Girls Tennis vs Longmeadow (4 pm)
Boys Lacrosse vs Minnechaug (Varsity 5 pm/JV 6:45 pm)
Girls Lacrosse @ Lee (4:15 pm) (300 Greylock St)  Bus departs at 2:20 pm.

Monday 4/21
Softball @ Hampden Charter (4 pm, Preston Park) (Park is located on Access Road, off James St in Chicopee) Bus departs at 2:30 pm
Boys Tennis vs Frontier (4 pm)
Boys Lacrosse @ Chicopee Comp (JV 4:45/Varsity 6:15 pm) (617 Montgomery St) Bus departs at 3:30 pm

Tuesday 4/22
Baseball @ West Springfield (4 pm. JV at Mittineague Park. Varsity at West Spfld Middle School, 31 Middle School Drive)
JV B Baseball vs Chicopee Comp (4 pm at Pope Francis)

Wednesday 4/23
Girls Tennis @ Westfield (4 pm) (177 Montgomery Road) Bus departs at 2:20
Boys Tennis vs Springfield International Charter (3:30 pm)

Thursday 4/24
Boys Lacrosse vs South Hadley (5 pm)

Friday 4/25
Varsity Baseball vs St Mary’s Lynn (Frasier Field, 4 pm)
Softball vs Putnam (4 pm)
Girls Tennis vs Central (4 pm)

Saturday 4/26
Varsity Baseball vs Masconomet or Marblehead (Frasier Field 1 or 4 pm)


Monday 4/28
Baseball vs Pittsfield (4 pm, JV at Nathan Bill)
JV B Baseball @ Chicopee Comp (4 pm) SITE TBA Bus departs at 2:30 pm
Boys Tennis @ West Springfield (4 pm, Clark Field) (514 Amostown Rd, West Springfield) Bus departs at 2:30 pm
Boys and Girls Track vs Chicopee Comp (4 pm)

Tuesday 4/29
Softball @ Commerce (4 pm, Marshall Roy) (162 El Paso St, Springfield). Bus departs at 2:30 pm
Girls Tennis vs Amherst (4 pm)
Boys Lacrosse @ Westfield (177 Montgomery Rd) Bus departs at 2:30 pm
Girls Lacrosse vs Hoosac (4:30 pm)

Wednesday 4/30
Baseball @ Taconic (4 pm, Varsity at Taconic HS, 96 Valentine Road, Pittsfield, JV at Crosby Field on West St) Bus departs at 1:30 pm.
Softball @ Amherst (4:30 pm) (21 Mattoon St) Bus departs at 2:20 pm
Girls Tennis vs Holyoke (5 pm)

Thursday 5/1
Girls Tennis vs East Longmeadow (3:30 pm)
Boys Tennis @ Palmer (4 pm) (4105 Main St) Bus departs at 2:30 pm
Girls Lacrosse @ Amherst (Varsity 4:15 pm/JV 5:30 pm) (21 Mattoon St) Bus departs at 2:20 pm

Friday 5/2
Boys Lacrosse vs East Longmeadow (6 pm)
Girls Lacrosse vs Tantasqua (4 pm)
JV B Baseball @ Minnechaug (621 Main St, Wilbraham) Bus departs at 2:45 pm

Saturday 5/3
Baseball vs Fairfield Prep (Varsity only, 1 pm)
Softball vs Pathfinder (noon)

Monday 5/5
Softball @ Renaissance (4 pm, Marshall Roy) (162 El Paso St, Springfield). Bus departs at 2:30 pm
Girls Tennis @ Northampton (4:30 pm, JFK Middle School) (100 Bridge Rd, Florence) Bus departs at 2:50 pm
Boys and Girls Track @ Southwick (4 pm)  (93 Feeding Hills Rd) Bus departs at 2:20 pm

Tuesday 5/6
Boys Tennis @ Springfield International Charter (3:30 pm) (160 Joan St, Springfield) Bus departs at 2:15 pm
Girls Lacrosse vs Lee (4 pm)
JV Baseball @ Eaglebrook (4 pm) (13 County Road, Deerfield)

Wednesday 5/7
Softball @ Belchertown (4 pm) (142 Springfield Rd) Bus departs at 2:20 pm
Girls Tennis @ Belchertown (4 pm) (142 Springfield Rd) Bus departs at 2:20 pm

Thursday 5/8
Baseball vs Westfield (4 pm, JV at Nathan Bill) 
Boys Tennis vs Hampden Charter (4 pm)
Girls Lacrosse @ Chicopee Comp (JV 4:45 pm/Varsity 6:15 pm) (617 Montgmery St) Bus departs at 3:30 pm

Friday 5/9
Girls Tennis vs Chicopee Comp (4 pm)

Saturday 5/10
Baseball vs West Springfield (noon, JV at Nathan Bill) 
Girls Lacrosse vs Granby (11 am)

Monday 5/12
Baseball @ Pittsfield (4 pm, JV at Reid MS, 950 North St. Varsity at Clapp Park on West Housatonic St) Bus departs at 1:30 pm.
Girls Tennis vs Agawam (4 pm)
Boys and Girls Track vs Westfield (4 pm)
Boys Lacrosse @ South Hadley (Varsity 4 pm/JV 5:30 pm) (153 Newton St) Bus departs at 2:30 pm
Girls Lacrosse @ Hampshire (JV Only, 4 pm) (

Tuesday 5/13
Boys Tennis vs Greenfield (4 pm)
Girls Lacrosse @ Granby (4 pm) (385 East State St) Bus departs at 2:30 pm

Wednesday 5/14
Baseball vs Taconic (4 pm, JV at Nathan Bill) 
Softball vs Longmeadow (4 pm)
Girls Tennis @ Ludlow (4 pm) (500 Chapin St) Bus departs at 2:30 pm
Boys Tennis vs East Longmeadow (4:45 pm)
Girls Lacrosse @ Belchertown (JV 4 pm/Varsity 5:30 pm) (142 Springfield Rd) Bus departs at 2:20 pm

Thursday 5/15
Softball vs Hampden Charter (4 pm)

Friday 5/16
Boys Lacrosse @ Central Catholic (JV 5 pm/Varsity 6:30 pm) (Auburn St Field) (300 Hampshire St, Lawrence) Bus departs at 2:15 pm
Girls Lacrosse vs Northampton (Varsity 4 pm/JV 5:30 pm)

Monday 5/19
Girls Lacrosse vs Chicopee Comp (Varsity 4 pm/JV 5:30 pm)